Ask The Headhunter® - Networking: "I need a date. Introduce me to your daughter."
You may be networking, but your contacts are not networking back! Why is it so darned hard to get people to make an introduction for you?| Ask The Headhunter®
Question – Part 2 Last week [see Part 1] I tried a version of your advice to send a letter offering 10 minutes of my time to to a hiring manager. I also used advice from one of the commenters (Astoria Jim) about writing a first line that “hooks” the reader by discussing a big pain point. (Yes, you’d think this would be obvious to an award-winning writer but I’ve always stuck to the formal cover letter mode.) Using LinkedIn, I saw a promising job posting, identified the hiring manage...| Ask The Headhunter®
You may be networking, but your contacts are not networking back! Why is it so darned hard to get people to make an introduction for you?| Ask The Headhunter®
The best way to become well-connected is to meet and stay in touch with people who do the work you're interested in and who are good at what they do. Real networking is about shared experiences.| Ask The Headhunter®
Success cost me my consulting job!| Ask The Headhunter®
